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A bike engined car is a small or light weight car using an engine from one of the larger capacity motorbikes. The advantage for the car builders in doing this is that small car engines in high states of tune are relatively rare whereas large motorbikes engines are frequently designed for high specific outputs. For the magazine called automobile, see Automobile Magazine. ...
An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ...
Mika Kallios KTM125 racing motorcycle A motorcycle, also called a motorbike or just a bike, is a single-track, two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
Bike engined cars are often based around the Lotus 7 type kit cars. The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car, which have been called a motorcycle on four wheels. It is characterised by very good acceleration but a low top speed, handling is lively and the ride is uncompromising. The drag coefficient is around 0. ...
The 750 Motor Club in the UK runs a national race series for cars powered by road going bike engines (RGB series).
Common bike engines used in cars
Fireblade was originally the world market term for motorcycles 900 cc sportsbike, created by the Honda Motor Corporation of Japan. ...
Honda CBR 1100 XX Super Blackbird (Blackbird) - is a sport-touring motorcycle built by Honda. ...
A Kawasaki ZX-12R Kawasakis Flag-Ship and answer to Suzukis Hayabusa, the ZX-12R is a fuel injected 1200 cc hypersports motorcycle. ...
The GSX-R1000 is a sport bike from Suzukis GSX-R series of motorcycles. ...
The Suzuki GSX1300R, also known as the Hayabusa, is a hypersport motorcycle introduced by Suzuki in 1999. ...
The Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle, introduced in 1998, was the first significant motorcycle in the true liter class (1,000 cc) handling arms race between the Japanese Big Four motorcycle manufacturers (Honda, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Suzuki and Yamaha Motor Corporation). ...
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